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Civic Area-Parking Changes

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The Civic Area has 674 total spaces, of which 458 spaces are associated with the Civic Area Parking Study.

1. Library Lot (9th Street Access)Past:

7 City Employee Only1 Channel 8 Vehicle parking

8 Total Spaces

Future:6 “YELLOW ZONE” Permit spaces 1 Channel 8 Vehicle parking

8 Total Spaces

Net Change: 0 Spaces

1 City Library Vehicle parking

4. Atrium LotPast:

18 City Employee Only1 Handicapped (City Employee) 1 City Pool Vehicle Parking

20 Total Spaces

Future:18 “YELLOW ZONE” Permit spaces 1 “YELLOW ZONE” Handicapped Only

20 Total Spaces


1 City Pool Vehicle Parking

5. Senior Center LotPast:

38 Senior Center Parking (*)3 Handicapped (Senior Center Only)10 Arapahoe Court Resident/Guest4 Handicapped (Arapahoe Court)4 Meals on Wheels Driver (10 AM-12 PM)

58 Total Spaces

Future:38 Senior Center Parking (*)4 Handicapped (Senior Center Only)10 Arapahoe Court Resident/Guest2 Handicapped (Arapahoe Court)4 Meals on Wheels Driver (10 AM-12 PM)

58 Total Spaces


6. FAM/13th St. LotPast:

4 City Employee Only9 City Vehicle Only

13 Total SpacesFuture:

4 “YELLOW ZONE” Permit spaces 9 City Vehicle Only

13 Total Spaces


7. Library Lot (Arapahoe Access)Past:

136 Metered (free to Library patrons)27 City Employee Only 3 Senior Center Permit Only 7 Handicapped (General Public)


144 “BLUE ZONE” Metered spaces 7 “BLUE ZONE” Handicapped Only

151 Total Spaces

Net Change: -22 Spaces

4 Library Volunteer (Free - Permit)

8. Municipal Building LotPast:

94 Total Spaces

Future:

71 Total Spaces

Net Change: -20 Spaces

45 “BLUE ZONE” Metered spaces4 “BLUE ZONE” Handicapped Only2 (Free-30 Minute) Loading Zones for Library

20 “RED ZONE” Metered spaces

61 City Employee Only16 Metered General Use4 Metered Handicapped Only5 “15 Minute”1 City Employee Carpool Only1 “5 minute” (Free) Book Drop off

1 “30 Minute” (Free) 8AM to 5PM 1 City Library Vehicle Parking

2. New Britain LotPast:

39 City Employee Only2 Handicapped (City Employee) 2 City Employee Carpool Only


41 “BLUE ZONE” Metered spaces 2 “BLUE ZONE” Handicapped Only

43 Total Spaces

Net Change: 0 Spaces3. Park Central LotPast:

19 City Vehicle Only (under building)28 Metered General Use 2 Metered Handicapped Only

49 Total Spaces

Future:19 City Vehicle Only (under building) 28 “RED ZONE” Metered spaces

49 Total Spaces


2 “RED ZONE” Metered Handicapped Only

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6.6.‘Council approved’ plan calls for removal of up to 42 spaces.‘Current’ park design calls for removal of 20 spaces.

(*) = by permit only (8AM-5PM Mon-Fri)

“RED ZONE” = Metered Parking (No CoB Employee Parking)“BLUE ZONE” = Shared Metered Parking and CoB Employee Permit Parking“YELLOW ZONE” = CoB Employee Permit Parking

Civic Area-TDM Programs


As part of the Civic Area project, the city has implemented several Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs and parking management to mitigate some the parking demand in the Civic Area for City of Boulder employees and visitors. These programs and approaches were initially piloted in Nov. and December 2015 and formalized in Jan. 2016. These programs include:

Parking Cost IncreaseIn 2016, the Parking cost in the Civic Area lots for city employees increased from $2/day to $3/day.

Parking Cash Out ProgramCivic area employees are paid $1 for each day they do not park in any of the Civic Area lots and use a transportation option. For participants this program provides a $4/per day financial incentive to use transportation options giving the $3 per day cost to park in a civic are lot.

Free Satellite ParkingCivic Area city employees are encouraged to park their vehicles in satellite locations surrounding the Civic Area, including the former Boulder Community Hospital site, Eco Cycle lot on Arapahoe, and existing RTD park-n-rides. Parking at these lots is free to city employees and also qualifies them for the Parking Cash Out program.

Reclassifying SpacesA majority of the parking spaces at the Park Central, New Britain, Municipal Building and Library lots were reclassified to be metered spaces to be shared by City employees and the public. In addition the meter rate was increased to be consistent with the rest of downtown, with the first 90 minutes being free.

Concierge ServiceCivic area employees receive personalized travel assistance from the city employee transportation coordinator to identify viable transportation options for commuting to work.

Civic Area-TDM Programs Update


First Quarter Evaluation Findings:

On a quarterly basis, downtown city employees are surveyed on their commute trips over a two week period. The first quarter survey tracked employee travel from February 16-28. The survey also collects information on demographic and employment, utilization of TDM programs and qualitative data on factors that influence travel behavior. The survey also provides an opportunity for downtown city employees to provide feedback on the Civic Area changes.

Average PCO Days/PP (10 days)

Evaluation Methodology:

Staff is also tracking the use of the Parking Cash Out (PCO) benefit by city employees which is recorded in bi-weekly timesheets. The PCO program officially started in the second pay period of 2016.

The goal is to enhance existing & future multimodal access to Civic Area.To track the effectiveness of these Transportation Demand Management

Below are the findings of the first quarter evaluation.

(TDM) programs, the project team is conducting quarterly evaluations.

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2016 First Quarter Mode Split 2014 Downtown City Employee Mode Share

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-The Boulder Community Hospital site is used 3X as much as the other sites.

Overall Reaction to Changes -34.1% Positive -39% Neutral -26.8% Negative

- Boulder Residents: 3.3 miles - Non-Residents:17.3 miles

Travel Behavior Findings: -Drive alone mode share for Civic Area employees is 6% lower compared to the 2014 City Employee Travel Behavior Survey.

Parking Cash Out Findings: -Approximately half of Civic Area City Employees qualify for at least one parking cash out benefit per pay period -The average participation in the Parking Cash Out program over 10 days was 6.1 days.

51% Drove Alone9% Carpooled/Vanpooled

13% Bicycled3% Combined bike and bus15% Bus6% Bus from RTD Park-n-Ride2% Walked2% Teleworked

<1% Compressed Work Week day off<1% Other

2014 Downtown City Employee Mode Share

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Average PCO Days/PP (10 days)

2 157 $993 6.33 178 $1,065 64 181 $1,073 5.95 173 $1,095 6.3

AVG/TOTAL/AVG 172 $4,226 6.1

On a quarterly basis, downtown city employees are surveyed on their commute trips over a two week period. The first quarter survey tracked employee travel from February 16-28. The survey also collects information on demographic and employment, utilization of TDM programs and qualitative data on factors that influence travel behavior. The survey also provides an opportunity for downtown city employees to provide feedback on the Civic Area changes.

Drove Alone 46%Carpolled/Vanpooled 9%Drove to Satellite location 7%Bicycled 5%Combined bike and bus 1%Bus 15%Bus from RTD Park-n-Ride 3%Walked 4%Teleworked 6%Compressed Work Week day off 2%Other 2%

2016 First Quarter Mode Share

Civic Area-Parking Utilization Update


An analysis of the parking utilization was done in the various Civic Area lots post implementation of the TDM programs, and parking changes. The goal of this analysis is to answer these questions:

Has utilization of the available parking on the civic area campus changed?1Has parking in the adjacent neighborhood south of Arapahoe Avenue changed?3

Has City of Boulder employee parking on the civic campus changed?2How has the satellite parking facility at the former hospital site been utilized?4

Parking utilization data was collected on three weekdays, and three Saturdays ‘Before and After’ the changes to parking. For the ‘Before’ data, hourly visits (between 7AM and 7PM) were made to the various civic area lots where the amount of cars, which spaces the cars were in, were counted and tabulated for analysis. The same approach was taken for the ‘After’ data, with the exception of the counts being done ever two hours (between 7AM and 7PM).

Data Collection: Civic Area Lots

On-street parking supply and utilization was counted both ‘Before and After’ the parking changes in the neighborhood south of the civic area campus, roughly bounded by Arapahoe Ave, Broadway, 6th St., Marine/Grandview, with the subsets both East and West of 9th St. In the ‘Before’ count 19 observations were recorded, with 15 observations in the ‘After’ count.

Data Collection: Adjacent Neighborhoods

Key Findings:1. More demand for parking on Weekdays than Weekends. (Fall and Winter Data) 2. Some reduction in Peak Period Average Utilization after parking changes.

3. High variability of data, more data needed.

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Count Dates & TimesBefore: After:

After- Data Collection Dates:Weekdays: 2-16, 2-17, 2-18 of 2015

2-13, 2-20, 2-27 of 2016Weekends:

Before- Data Collection Dates:Weekdays: 11-10, 11-19, 12-3 of 2015

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Total Supply East: 264 Spaces

Total Supply West: 207 Spaces

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